Friday, April 03, 2015

10 Years After: 2008 -- Things That Lasted/Things That Didn't

The 10th blogiversary fundraiser continues with the Hope and Change year of 2008.

In 2008, there existed a person names "John Stossel" who I described at the time as being"just as full of shit as a Port-O-Let after a marathon laxative-based-chili-eating-contest."
2008 also saw the launch of the surprisingly successful presidential campaign of a huckster/preacher/governor combo platter named Mike Huckabee (Huckster Hears a Who) who was positioning himself to be a GOP agenda-setter, media star and power-broker.

In 2008 there was also launched -- with much fanfare -- an enterprise called the Group News Blog which proclaimed itself the "heir to the legacy of Steve Gilliard". It boasted a large and impressive stable of writers, a sleek look and a formidable fundraising apparatus.